Standish High School - Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Standish, ME)

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world and later the strongest navy in the world for that right of a free government.whereamen.might choose their own laws for the best of everyone because a ter all they were the ones who had to obey these rules. lt was in the first reading of the WUnited States Constitutionn and the NDeclaration of Independencen that he realized these were some of the greatest papers ever written. They expressed the right of the people to have more freedom than any one else had had since the time of the Roman Empire. Another thing which Carl Max was proud of as well as we are, WThe Four Freedomsn. In our country,men may go to whatever church they wish to. They have no fear, there are plenty of products which give us freedom from want. The freedom of speech, this country shows a great value of Americanization in its freedom to speak in public, on the radio, and in the newspapers. I am proud that our country is one of the few countries where men may criticize their country and its government for its own good and benefit. America's freedom is one of her greatest resources. This freedom leads to greater and better ways of production. This country doesn't have much more resources than any other country but the American way of life can produce more and better products because of its free enterprise. There is the freedom Max's children had. The right that America offers her children such as free education, free libraries, hospitals, and one of the best values are the t values of sportsmanship that America teaches her children through competitive sports. When Max grew old and became unable to work or if he became crippled on his job he would get a compensation, established through such benefits as social security,and old age pension. This is one of the privileges that Max could not have enjoyed if he were in the old country. These freedoms enjoyed by Max and his children are enjoyed by every person in the United States if they take advantage of the inheritance left to them by their forefathers To me these are privileges of freedom which every American enjoys and can be proud ofa are as follows: l. The right of a person to travel anywhere they wish without interference from their government. 2. The willingness of the American people to help one another when in need. 3. That all men are created equal regardless of race, creed or religion.

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Americanization Nwhat is Americanization?N To me it is the opportunities that America offers to her people. Hwhat are these opportun- ities?N Let us follow the life of an immigrant who has never had these opportunities and see what they are. This immigrant's name is Max Alban, he is just one of many persons who wishes to find oeace and freedom, and he has CODIS to America. I am proud that he has chosen America. He is on a boat coming to the harbor of New York. He is at the boats railing looking at the Statue of Liberty. He sees the tall lady which stands for freedom. He feels proud and he says to the person beside him, that stands for all I ever wanted, to be let alone and feel as though I wasn't being told what When he gets to New York, he finds the wav to Grand Station. It is here that he has his first real taste of freedom America offers. He goes uo to the ticket office asks for a ticket to a town where a friend lives. There to do. Central the and are no questions such as: Why are you going here? When are you going? How long are you going to be there? Then someone tell- ing him he can't go because they don't like his answers and don't believe he is telling the truth. When Max as to what to showed itself. This was the eager help which the people Alban arrived at his friends town he was lost do next, but one of the forms of Americanism of the town offered him. They gave him information and helped him out even though he was a stranger and a foreigner. This didn't make any difference to real Americans. Another thing which Max enjoyed was his choice of jobs, No one told him he had to do this and pay this and that. He got a job which he liked and enjoyed one of his first freedoms of free enterorise, the right to choose his own job. When he got this job he noticed another thing, that there was no discrimination. One of the great things about America is that it follows the rule, HAll Ten are Created Equa1.n Once Max got in an accident and it was then that he found another form of Americanism. This was the free courts and the right that a person is innocent until proven guilty. right is one of the true forms of Americanism. This Max Alban had been living in the United States the required amount of time and was learninj all the subjects required to become naturalized. Studying of the history of the United States he found out how hard it had been for the earlv Americans to establish freedom. He learned that Americans had wanted free- dom so bad that thev had united themselves together. They had beaten the strongest army of that great day and age in the

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4, The many opportunities which America offers by her free enterprise, 5, That all men are innocent until proven guilty, 6, That the price of liberty was not cheap, which is shown by America's history, and never will it be cheap. 7, That we have two of the best known documents in the world which express freedom, The Declaration of Independence , and The Constitution , 8. The four freedoms: The freedom of speechg The freedom of religion: The freedom from fearg The freedom from wantg 9, The opportunities that our children have and the free institutions where they may acquire an education. 10, The workers' compensation and old age benefits for people who have reached the age of retirement, 11. That the people of the United States are represented in the government equally and have a great deal to do with how it is run, l2, The patent laws and copyright laws, which gives a person the right to claim an invention which they them- selves have invented, , To me this is Americanization, This is what men have fought for for ages, and, finally, attained in the establishment of the United States, Men whose names we have never heard have fought to keep this freedom, Men have died to keep this freedom and will continue to die es long as there is a threat to their freedom and security, why shouldn't they? They are fighting for- themselves and not for some king or dictator, This may not be perfect and many people say so but what government is? I am sure that one could not find another governmontanywhere on the face of the earth that represents the average, common everyday man as well as the American goverment does. To me this is Americanization, shore men can live, work, and sleep in a country as free as ours, and may God keep it that way. Earl Ramsdeil '50